quantum theory

Traces the history of physics from the early Greeks through the theories of modern day scientists.

A book for non-physicists that explains quantum mechanics and relativity theory.

An exploration of the seemingly telepathic communication between two separated particles--one of the fundamental concepts of quantum physics. In 1935, Einstein showed that quantum mechanics predicted such a correlation, which he dubbed "spooky action at a distance." That same year, Erwin Schr?odinger christened this correlation "entanglement." Yet its existence wasn't firmly established until 1964, in a groundbreaking paper by Irish physicist John Bell. What happened during those years and since to refine the understanding of this phenomenon is the story told here. Drawing on papers, letters, and memoirs, author Gilder humanizes and dramatizes the story by employing their own words in imagined face-to-face dialogues. We see Bohr and Einstein clashing, and Heisenberg and Pauli deciding which mysteries to pursue. We see Schr?odinger and Louis de Broglie pave the way for Bell, whose work is here given a long-overdue revisiting. And we see Richard Feynman challenging his contemporaries to make something of this entanglement.--From publisher description.

Twenty-thousand years in the future, humans confront a rapidly expanding vacuum that devours everything in its path. Tchicaya works with the Yielders to study the vacuum and allow it to grow. He is conflicted when his first love, Mariama, enters his life on behalf of the Preservationists, who want to destroy the vacuum. What none of the futurists know is that life is developing in the center of the vacuum.

Describes the scientific work of Albert Einstein in the year 1905 that made a permanent mark on the history and future of science. Discusses how Einstein's work on the particle theory of light, molecular dimensions, Brownian motion, special relativity, and his famous equation of E=mc2 changed our world forever.

Examines the scientific study of teleportation, the transfer of information without sending it through ordinary space; and explains how light beams, subatomic particles, and quantumproperties of atoms have been teleported through the use of quantum mechanics and the phenomenon of entanglement.